This is reported by the Financial Times newspaper.

It is specified that the corresponding meeting was held on April 22.

According to the sources of the publication, Beijing was alarmed by the ability of the United States and its allies to freeze the dollar assets of the Bank of Russia.

As emphasized, in this regard, the Chinese authorities fear the introduction of such measures against the PRC "in the event of a regional military conflict or other crisis."

Earlier, US Deputy National Security Adviser Duleep Singh said that Washington could apply "secondary sanctions" against China if it tries to circumvent restrictions imposed on Russia.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov noted that the Russian side regards the freezing of its reserves abroad as theft.

According to him, the West has frozen about $300 billion of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves.